Macduff replied with “I will do so But I must also feel like a man” (Act 4, Scene 3). Not only does this erase any sympathy the audience may feign for Macbeth , it thickens the line of disparity between them.
Regarding other underlying similarities, the only one that hasn’t been mentioned are their names. “ Macbeth” and “Macduff” Macbeth proves himself more accepted into a blood laced environment, making his name praised across the lands. With that being said, that was ultimately the ruler across the land’s demise for praising his prospective murderer.
It can be interpreted that Lady Macbeth’s rigid manipulation pushed him down the slope of deceit.The audience can infer this when Macbeth was having second thoughts about murdering Duncan but she eventually persuades him to do so. He fluctuates between fits of action where he plans to execute murders to secure his spot on the throne. These fluctuations reflect the calamitous tension he face within himself, he is at once too ambitious to allow his conscience to stop him from murdering his way to the top and too conscientious to be happy with himself as a